United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. FARR

Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of a third motion to continue a trial (raised on the morning of the trial) was not an abuse of discretion, and defendant failed to show that...

ST. PIERRE v. WALLS

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defense counsel's failure to 1) discuss an insanity defense, 2) investigate and obtain reports on defendant's childhood, and 3) have defendant...

STRONG v. DAVID

Civil Rights
An inmate's intraprison grievances, complaining of sexual assault and correctional officials's response to that assault, are made in sufficient detail...

CENT. STATES, SOUTHWEST & SOUTHEAST AREAS PENSION FUND v. HUNT TRUCK LINES, INC.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
The failure to make payments on withdrawal liability under a pension fund, after a revised demand that such payments be made, was a new wrong, and...

BOIM v. QURANIC LITERACY INST.

Civil Procedure
A motion for stay of a mandate, pending the filing of a petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, did not establish good cause...

APS SPORTS COLLECTIBLES, INC. v. SPORTS TIME, INC.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action arising from a loan default and transfer of assets from a bankrupt corporation, no valid claim of liability of individual corporate...

YADEGAR-SARGIS v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.

Civil Rights, Immigration Law, International Law
Asylum and withholding of deportation were properly denied where evidence did not compel a finding of persecution due to 1) Armenian ethnicity, or 2)...

US v. TANKERSLEY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
After a conviction for criminal contempt, an offense level reduction for acceptance of responsibility was correctly denied where defendant failed to...

SCOTT v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In denying an application for supplemental security income disability benefits, an administrative law judge failed to adequately articulate the bases...

PARK v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A jury verdict finding for the city in a police officer's action, alleging termination based on race and national origin, is upheld despite numerous...